Definition of Hard-hitting

1. Adjective. Characterized by or full of force and vigor. "A trenchant argument"

Exact synonyms: Trenchant
Similar to: Effective, Effectual, Efficacious

2. Adjective. Aggressively and persistently persuasive. "A high-pressure salesman"
Exact synonyms: High-pressure
Similar to: Aggressive

Definition of Hard-hitting

1. Adjective. Aggressively vigorous or forceful ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hard-hitting

hard-baked
hard-bill
hard-bills
hard-bitten
hard-boil
hard-boiled
hard-boiled egg
hard-code
hard-core
hard-favoured
hard-fisted
hard-fought
hard-handed
hard-headed
hard-hearted
hard-hitting (current term)
hard-line
hard-liner
hard-liners
hard-mouthed
hard-nosed
hard-of-hearing
hard-ons
hard-pressed
hard-sell
hard-shell
hard-shell clam
hard-shell crab
hard-skinned puffball

Literary usage of Hard-hitting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Power and Health Through Progressive Exercise by George Elliot Flint (1905)
"VII hard-hitting THE FIGHTING ABILITIES OF BOXERS AND HARD-HITTERS COMPARED hard-hitting is a subject which I have not yet discussed. ..."

2. Stray Shots: Political, Military, Economical, and Social by Edward Robert Sullivan (1884)
"Those who fancy that hard hitting in public life is a mistake are themselves ... It was hard hitting that made the reputation of Disraeli, of Bright, ..."

3. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"7-—This might be said to have commenced the fight in earnest; both came np determined, and desperate hard hitting took place. ..."

4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1809)
"Good rallying, hard hitting ;; Davis fell. 21. Hard fighting; Davis again ... Hard hitting on both sides : Davis slipped down. 30. Closed, and both fell. ..."

5. Inspectors General: Office Consolidation & Related Issues by David M. Walker (2003)
"... Oversight of Cross-Cutting Issues 1 Figure 6: Potential Effect of Consolidation on the Ability of IGs to Issue hard-hitting Reports 30 IG responses 25 ..."

6. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1875)
"A good, slow round-arm bowler ; a hard-hitting batsman, but has no defence ; a good, useful field anywhere; ought to be very useful next year. T. Moore. ..."

7. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"... and in later years, when the great soreness and grief for Parnell's betrayal and death were less raw, the priests came in for friendly hard hitting, ..."

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